>* God never fails. *****Back in the city. Mia's mom woke up abruptly from her sleep. " What sort of dream is this? " She thought to herself." Honey? Are you okay? " Her husband worriedly asked as he turned on the lights only to find out that his wife was sweating profusely despite the air conditioner in the room." Honey? " He called her moving closer to her. " Hubby... I... " She couldn't speak as she bursted into tears. Seeing this, He sat up and embraced her... " Hey, hey... It's okay. " He consoled whilst patting her back... " I had a strange dream... " He thought she had fallen asleep until he heard her words. " What does it involve? " He asked carefully." I saw our daughter... Mia. " She sniffed. " Mia? " He was alarmed. " Yes... She and other girls were walking through a Forest path. " " And? " " They continued walking... But one thing I noticed is that, they kept decreasing in number as they got to the end of the forest and by the time they got to the cit

>* God is good. ***** ---- Angelina. ----It's been three days since we've been wandering around the thick forest. These past days have been very hard for all of us... Especially for Mia who wasn't used to the harsh weather conditions. I was reminded many times of almost a decade ago when I had to go through this and I must say, it's really not a good thing.I never would have thought I would have to go through the very same thing again! Especially now that I have given my life completely to Christ.Over the past few days, my faith had been tested and tried.It made me realize just how silly I was to think that since I was now a Christain... Things would go well for me.How wrong I was.At first, I had this type of fantasy that we would be saved and taken safely back home to our parents.How wrong I was.Then I thought some sort of a miracle would happen and we would be back home.Never would I have thought that we'll all have to work out of bondage and captivity all by our

>* God is always on time. *****While they were resting that evening... Mia screamed out loud all of a sudden as she felt a sharp pain on her right leg. " Ouch. "Her scream attracted the others attention and they quickly stood up and gathered around her." What happened, Mia? "" It's a snake... See it. " She screamed out in pain as she pointed at the green snake which camouflaged among the grasses. " Oh my. " Angelina bursted out as she stormed after the snake. In the meantime, the others checked out Mia's wound." Oh no... It's deep. "" Yeah... What should we do? " Clover inquired worriedly. She was so flustered and worried that if it weren't for the wound on Mia... One might have mistaken her for the injured one. " I think we should tie her legs just above the wound... "" Okay. " Deborah immediately tore her dress and did as, Felicia said." What should we do next? " Clover inquired... Panickly...Watching her best friend in pain was like knife stabs on her chest as

>* Take heart. God is still in control. *****------ Mia ------We continued our journey in the forest and by the seventh day, I could already see the end of the forest at a distance. It was just a matter of time till we got out of the forest. While we jubilated that we'll be out soon... Something unusual happened. It began to rain heavily... It was so heavy that I wondered if the heavens had been opened all of a sudden to rain. We hid under a large tree as we cuddled to escape the cold. For some reason, Angelina served as a source of warmth.Unlike the others who were feeling extremely cold... She was not... Instead, she was feeling the exact opposite. " Are you okay, Angel? " I couldn't stop myself from asking amidst the shivering. " I am. Why? " " You are hot, girl! "" Well... That's my normal body temperature... You just didn't notice. " she replied naturally. " Um... Weird. "" Still... You are enjoying it! " Angel retorted." Weird things are meant to

>* God will make a way. *****----- Richard. -----I always thought I had everything completely planned out; my life, family, career and so on.I knew I wasn't the most righteous man on Earth... But I believed I was trying my best. I held my children with a disciplined hand so they won't go astray... That's the right to do right?Maybe I didn't completely do the right thing. As I lost my last son in the process of seeking perfection from everyone of my children. But that shouldn't be my fault, right? If I had kept him with me, he would have dampened my reputation right?Or so I thought. " Richard... You are wrong. " " What do you mean bishop? " I inquired of the man in front of me. I had come to church that Sunday just to confess all my sins and to talk to the Bishop about my thoughts and dreams. Because over the past Few weeks, I have been having this horrible night mares about highschool girl's being kidnapped, sold out as prostitutes, being murdered and so on. And for